Farmers halt ‘Delhi Chalo’ march till 29 Feb as focus shifts to youth's death, says ‘agitation will get bigger’ | 10 pts
Punjab Police files a case against police in Haryana. Shubhkaran Singh died of an injury to the back of his neck while protesting at Khanauri border, prompting farm leaders to suspend talks with the Centre. Following his death, the farmers observed 'black Friday' yesterday.
Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher told ANI that a First Information Report (FIR) should be lodged against the Haryana Police. "Case under Section 302 IPC should be registered against those who are responsible for the death (of a farmer). We will not cremate that youth until he gets justice.
There should be a complaint against the Haryana police and paramilitary who shot him," he said. “The current agitation will get bigger and the march to Delhi will resume once the demand to grant martyr status for deceased farmer Shubh Karan Singh is acceded to," Sarwan Singh Pandher said. Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann announced a compensation of ₹1 crore and a government job for Shubh Karan’s sister.
However, Shubh Karan’s family rejected the offer “Until Punjab Police register a case against Haryana Police officials, we won’t allow the administration to conduct the post-mortem. Money doesn’t matter to us, justice does," said Charanjit Singh, Shubh Karan Singh’s father told Hindustan Times Regarding the resumption of the protest march to the national capital, Jagjit Singh Dallewal, the other leader at the helm of the agitation, told HT: “As of now, we are only focussing on justice for Shubh Karan Singh, therefore, we will not march to Delhi before February 29. The next course of action will be announced after holding a meeting, thereafter, with the leaders".
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